March 2025
The North Dakota ruling against Greenpeace is a threat to free speech (artists included)
A Kansas art museum shows why (smaller) institutions should make admission free
Appeals court rejects copyrights for AI-generated art lacking ‘human’ creator
John Paul Morabito Showcases “Madonna dei Femminellə” at Kent State University Museum (OH)
Beco Gallery revived as The Waiting Room in reimagined West Bottoms space (Kansas City, MO)
Lajuana Lampkins, Beloved Wicker Park Street Artist, Dies At 67 (Chicago, IL)
UMich student organizations host art fair to fundraise for families in Gaza
Ohio High School Censors Student’s Women’s History Mural Over “Inappropriate” Imagery
Waterloo’s African American museum opens to the public for the first time (IA)
Kansas City gets first look at 6 competing visions for the future of Nelson-Atkins art museum
Art exhibit shows the history and beauty of Ho-Chunk basketry, and why it’s in danger (Oshkosh, WI)
Forget the divide! Arts project seeks urban-rural solidarity instead
Arts groups sue over Trump’s ‘gender ideology’ executive order
#midwestagendaartnews #artsgroup #nea #grenderideology #funding #artisticmerit
Christie’s first AI art auction sees hits… and plenty of misses
‘Panafrica Across Chicago’ Citywide Art Project Lets Chicagoans Explore
Minnesota’s Region 2 Arts Council awards $89,500 in Arts Access Grants
Columbus’ Tyson Cultural Arts Center reviewing halting use of nude models after feedback
Nude art isn’t lewd. Columbus’ Knee-jerk decision to drop classes has consequences
Vermillion (SD) recognized as Best Small Town Art Scene in USA Today 10BEST lists
Omaha art center fires 5 in ‘restructuring’; workers say its retaliation for union talks
Des Moines Art Center begins removal of Greenwood Pond: Double Site
Emporia artist partners with Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition to display pieces statewide
Kansas City calling on artists to help transform Barney Allis Plaza
February 2025
South Bend Museum of Art (IN) hosts exhibit of local student art from national competition
A spring show featuring artists with disabilities seeks submissions (Sioux Falls, SD)
Artists protest new NEA restrictions
Report: Ohio’s creative sector has $32.9 billion annual impact
A resurgence of artists is brewing in Minneapolis’ Warehouse District
City initiative aims to keep storm drains clean using art (Fort Wayne, IN)
Art Institute of Chicago Lands a Staggering Haul of Neoclassical Masterpieces
Howell (MI) artist’s collage to support LGBTQ+ community draws national attention
Fargo (ND) arts and culture commission recaps 10 years of projects
Rutherford Chang, Who Turned Collections Into Art, Dies at 45
A Philadelphia-Kansas City wager. This one of oils and canvas
#midwestagendaartnews #superbowl #eduoardmanet #impressionist #modernism #philadelphiaM #NelsonAtkinsMuseum #thefolkestoneboat #thecroquetparty
Artists and art supply industry balk at Minnesota’s ban on cadmium paint
Inspired by U.P. wilderness? Porkies open 2025 artist residency (Ontonago, MI)
Detroit Artists Market suffers severe flooding damage, seeks temporary home
Art 64 seeks artists to compete for $20K prize (Wauwatosa, WI)
MSU Broad Museum exhibit focuses on food justice, agriculture in Michigan
Conservative Ohio think tank questions whether taxpayer dollars should fund art
January 2025
Art activists join together to advocate for funding at Kansas State Capitol
Madison Arts Commission (WI) call for art
Art Encounter receives $28,000 grant from NEA to expand in-school art program (Chicago, IL)
NE Ohio Is Buzzing with Ways to Celebrate Dr King’s Legacy
Thousands enjoy art on a frozen Minneapolis lake despite bone-chilling temperatures
South Bend Museum of Art (IN) seeking entries for ‘Biennial 33’ exhibition
\Art Museum Directors Increasingly Fear Censorship, But Few Have a Plan to Deal With It
‘One of the Most Impactful Art Losses Ever’: Insurers Start to Assess LA Wildfire Damage
#midwestagendaartnews #losangeles #wildfire #destruction #devestation #artcollection #artinsurance
Des Moines Art Center to Demolish Work and Pay Land Artist $900,000
Get a tiny, original artwork for only $5 from this unique vending machine Cincinnati, OH)
Augmented Reality Unveiling Party For Alton (IL) Mural Featuring Miles Davis
Painter Meg Lionel Murphy Finds Power in Feminine Giants (Door County, WI)
#midwestagendaartnews #artist #domesticviolence #meglionelmurphy
A Creative Life Exhibit Opens at VCSU Art Gallery (Valley City, ND)
Meta Ends Fact-Checking on Facebook, Instagram in Free-Speech Pitch
After part falls to floor, artwork at Kansas City’s airport terminal likely gone for good
Artlink’s ‘Midwest Regional’ showcases talent from Fort Wayne (IN), beyond
Beck Center for the Arts presents The Superhero Project (Lakewood, OH)
Incarcerated artists find creative outlet through annual U-M exhibition (Ann Arbor, MI)
Land artist Stan Herd returns to Dodge City (KS) to repaint his iconic mural
A tale of two art magazines: one celebrates human-delivered arts in Kansas City, one is dedicated to AI art
#midwestagendaartnews #humanartist #artificialintelligence #art #artist
3 Minneapolis art exhibitions to see during the sleepiest week of 2024
December 2024
‘27 years of goodbyes’ thrust Kansas photographer to unexpected international acclaim
‘Niimiwin’ art exhibit celebrates the powwow tradition (Minneapolis, MN)
Youngstown (OH) Cultural Legacy show to honor recently lost artists
Museum In Wisconsin Houses A Jaw-Dropping Quilts Collection
Court ruling states UMB acted properly in managing Thomas Hart Benton Trust
Schools in central Iowa use art of origami to meet geometry standards for Iowa mathematics
Arctic winds create mysterious frozen sand sculptures along Lake Michigan beach
Nikki Giovanni was a walking revolution
Woman Transforms Historic African-American Doll Collection Into A Free Museum In Omaha (NE)
Ethereal, Glowing Curtains Drape Over Lake Michigan in Reuben Wu’s Light Paintings
Illinois artist builds ‘world’s tallest glass tree’ from recycled bottles
Tiff Massey’s ‘7 Mile + Livernois’ exhibition is a tribute to Black Detroit
Toledo Museum of Art makes historic art acquisition using cryptocurrency
The lore of Leigh Bowery
Thirty years after his death, his legacy is about to live loud and proud at Tate Modern
A Kansas artist’s love for his wife lives on as a Christmas tradition in Lindsborg
Evanston Made (IL) clinches $1.2 million grant, city funding, to open arts center
OpenAI’s Sora Tool Leaked By Group Of Aggrieved Early Testers
Canton Museum of Art exhibit explores the avant-garde spirit of Cleveland’s Kokoon Klub
Art exhibit at Tennessee university museum draws controversy
Free speech and Christian faith at loggerheads again
Historic Land Transfer to Osage Nation Facilitated by Arts Group (St Louis, MO)
Skylab Gallery to host final show before eviction (Columbus, OH)
An online collection of ‘outsider art’ enters the real world for the first time in Des Moines (IA)
